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d. Thorax broad, deep and robust; elytra with 
large brown or dark spots; wings crossed near 
the outer border with a broad, dark, curved 
band; size large; posterior femora very broad; 
median carina of the pronotum moderately ele¬ 
vated. 
e. Pronotum covered, somewhat regularly, with 
small tubercles, otherwise nearly or quite 
smooth; posterior femora deep blue on the 
inner face. H. discoideus. 22. 
ee. Disk of ihe pronotum more or less distinctly 
granulated or shagreened; lateral carinae very 
distinct and nearly continuous; inside of the 
posterior femora yellowish or pale, but never 
blue. {H, phoenicopterus.) 23. 
dd. Thorax not broad and robust, but somewhat 
compressed on the sides and rather narrow; 
median carinae of the pronotum rather promi¬ 
nent; elytra uniform, very dark brown, or ash 
brown sprinkled over with darker dots; wings 
bright red, with a broad, black band around 
the outer border, occupying one-third the area; 
size medium. ( T '. nietanus .) 12. 
cc. Wings with the basal half yellow or yellow¬ 
ish. 
d. Median carina of the pronotum cristate, and 
more or less arcuate; wings varying in color 
from a bright sulphur to a deep orange; with a 
broad black border; elytra and pronotum vary¬ 
ing from ash brown to dark brown; elytra 
dimly spotted with darker brown; these spots 
are sometimes nearly or quite obsolete; size 
rather above medium. ( T . sidphureus.) 11. 
dd. Median carina of the pronotum only a raised 
line, or at most but sub-cristate, not uniform, 
once or twice distinctly severed; wings crossed 
on the outer half by an arcuate dark band. 
e. Body more than usually robust; thorax, espe¬ 
cially of the female, broad and deep; pronotum 
covered more or less with small tubercles; pos¬ 
terior femora very broad. 
f. Elytra ash brown; spots small somewhat group¬ 
ed into three indistinct bands; median carina 
of the pronotum rather slender, usually if not 
invariably twice notched; size rather above 
medium. ( H. neglectus.) 20 
f. Elytra with large, brownish, irregular spots, 
not in bands; median carina of the pronotum 
slender, usually but once severed; size above 
medium, female large. ( H corallipes , var rugosus.) 21 
ee. Body not unusually robust; thorax ordinary or 
rather slender; pronotum sometimes slightly 
rugose but not tuberculate or scabrous; poste¬ 
rior femora not unusually broad; size medium. 
